Quotes About Soul

Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human.

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.

Man becomes man only by the intelligence, but he is man only by the heart.

Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not in an exemption from, suffering.

All men are poets at heart.

I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else.

When my soul fainted within me ... my prayer came in unto thee.

When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you are alone assert itself. Give your soul time to get released from the many outward things. Give God time to play the prelude to prayer for the benefit of your distracted soul.

Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips.

Prayer is not artful monologue Of voice uplifted from the son; It is Love's tender dialogue Between the soul and God.

When prayer is a struggle, do not worry about the prayers that you cannot pray. You yourself are a prayer to God at that moment. All that is within you cries out to Him. And He hears all the pleas that your suffering soul and body are making to Him with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.

Always repenting of wrongs done will never bring my heart to rest.

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour, his religion, his soul, and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.

Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate; As the voyage along thru life; 'Tis the will of the soul That decides its goal, And not the calm or the strife.

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires.

We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From all old flower fields of the soul; And, weary seekers of the best, We come back laden from our quest, To find that all the sages said Is in the Book our mothers read.

Man has to live with the body and soul which have fallen to him by chance.

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

It is what you are inside that matters. You, yourself, are your only real capital.

I am disgrac'd, impeach'd and baffled here, - Pierc'd to the soul with slander's venom'd spear.

Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires.